PowerSchool Aptitude Test Reporting 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In PowerSchool, which report provides a summary of how many students are enrolled at each grade level across the school?
- Enrollment by Grade Report (Correct answer)
- Daily Attendance Report
- Student Demographics Export
- Section Enrollment Audit
Correct answer: Enrollment by Grade Report
The Enrollment by Grade Report shows the count of enrolled students broken down by grade level.
Question 2: A teacher wants a printed list of all students in a specific class section. Which report should they run?
- Student Schedule Matrix
- Class Roster (Correct answer)
- Section Attendance Audit
- Grade Distribution Report
Correct answer: Class Roster
The Class Roster report generates a list of all students enrolled in a selected class section.
Question 3: When running a PowerSchool report that includes sensitive data (e.g., SSN, special ed status), which access level is typically required?
- Student-level access
- Teacher access
- Administrator or district-level access (Correct answer)
- Parent portal access
Correct answer: Administrator or district-level access
Reports containing sensitive or protected data fields generally require administrator or district-level permissions in PowerSchool.
Question 4: What does the PowerSchool 'Average Daily Attendance (ADA)' report calculate?
- The percentage of students present on any single day
- The average number of students present over a reporting period (Correct answer)
- The total number of absent students per month
- The ratio of excused to unexcused absences
Correct answer: The average number of students present over a reporting period
ADA calculates the average number (or percentage) of students in attendance across a defined reporting period.
Question 5: Which PowerSchool report would best help a registrar verify that all active students have a valid home address on file?
- Student Demographics Report (Correct answer)
- Enrollment Verification Report
- Parent Contact Audit
- Student Schedule Listing
Correct answer: Student Demographics Report
The Student Demographics Report includes contact and address fields and can be used to audit missing address data.
Question 6: In PowerSchool's reporting system, what is a 'report card run'?
- A physical print job for report cards
- A configured set of parameters used to generate report cards for a term (Correct answer)
- A background process that calculates all GPAs
- A scheduled export of grades to the state
Correct answer: A configured set of parameters used to generate report cards for a term
A report card run is a saved configuration defining which students, term, and format to use when generating report cards.
Question 7: Which option in PowerSchool allows administrators to see which staff members have run specific reports and when?
- Audit Log (Correct answer)
- Report Queue History
- System Reports Dashboard
- Activity Monitor
Correct answer: Audit Log
The Audit Log tracks user actions including which reports were run, by whom, and at what time.
PowerSchool Aptitude Test Reporting 3
In PowerSchool, which report provides a summary of how many students are enrolled at each grade level across the school?